Which brings us back to “Sleepytime,” an episode that perfectly captures the long nights of early parenthood. And it never shies away from big feelings and tender, earnest humanity (albeit in dog form). “Bluey” always leads with imagination, humor, and relatable life situations. Any episode where Bluey and Bingo pretend to be their Grannie alter egos Rita and Janet is highly amusing. There’s an entire episode focused on Bluey and Bingo trying not to let a balloon touch the ground for a game called Keepy Uppy. Waiting for take out (or, “Takeaway,” rather).
A visit to the local home improvement store (it’s called the Hammerbarn – if you’ve been into a Lowes or a Home Depot, it’s the animated version of that). The show focuses on these pockets of everyday experience. We watch a lot of “Bluey” around here, which is easy to do because each episode is less than 10 minutes long. And don’t even get me started on the the stained glass transoms! The alpine-inspired cutouts over the doorways? Whimsical. The mid-century modern light fixture in their living room? The coolest. Like, I’ve never watched an animated show in which I’ve coveted the animated furnishings (except for maybe Peppa Pig’s camper van, which could double as a mobile she shed that I could disappear into whenever the members of my household got too loud or demanding), but I would legit Pin-terest their whole house if I could. They are very imaginative and their parents Bandit and Chili are the type of parents you’d want to be friends with and aspire to be more like as a human. If you, like any reasonable adult who does not have a preschool-aged child in their household, have never heard of “Bluey,” here’s the rundown: “Bluey” is a cartoon on Disney+ about a family of Australian Cattle Dogs who also conveniently live in Australia and eat things like “brekkie” (breakfast) and become indignant when other pups aren’t “playing properly.” Annie now informs me that I’m “not playing properly,” when I’m not playing exactly the way she wants me to, which makes her very difficult to take seriously and also makes me feel a little bit shamed for both not playing “properly” and also not talking fancily. Then the show splits into two points of view: Bingo swimming through space and the rest of the Heeler household (Bluey, Chili, and dad, Bandit) as they struggle to find sleep and stay asleep. The story follows Bingo as she falls asleep and hatches out of an Earth-shaped egg shell into a surreal galactic dreamscape.
They are available to watch on BBC iPlayer and Disney+ in the UK. We’ve only got the first half of Season 3 here in the UK at time of writing.I’m upstairs and the kids are downstairs watching “Bluey.” I can tell from the music that it’s the episode called “Sleepytime” in which Bluey’s mom, Chili, tucks in Bluey’s little sister Bingo for the night after reading her a book about the solar system. Those are our top 5 episodes of Bluey to make you cry from Season 1 and 2. We love you, Bandit…! Bluey Season 3 episode list coming soon! Special note – this episode also contains the immortal quote from Bandit, “I’m not taking advice from a cartoon dog”, which is itself advice I am not taking. I’ll leave it at that, but if the last 30 seconds of this episode leaves you cold without even a flicker of something in your tummy, you must be a rock. This leaves Bluey on her own, all old and not sure what happens next. Bingo pretends to be Bluey’s child, and progressively ‘grows up’ through the episode until, at the end, she leaves home (to fly a space ship, of course). So throughout the episode, Bandit and Chilli are building a flat pack veranda seat swing, whilst Bingo and Bluey play with all the cardboard and foam bits they don’t need.
At its heart the episode is about Bluey and Bingo trying to make the most of the time they have to wait for their dad’s spring rolls to cook, but Bandit is too grumpy to really let them have fun. It’s nine hectic minutes set in just one location – outside a Chinese takeaway, with a cracking soundtrack. This was the first episode of Bluey I ever caught, and it absolutely hooked me. (Special note – the episode numbers change depending on what country you are in as Disney+ does not have some episodes, so just do a search for the episode name). So there are many lists we could create for Bluey (funniest, weirdest, best Bandit ones…) but we’ve gone for the ones that sucker punch you at the end and turn you into a wailing beast! Here are the top 5 episodes of Bluey that will have you in tears. Shedding a tear and finding your heart in your throat at the end of an episode isn’t unusual with this show. It’s funny and silly, but also so very touching at times. The show follows the Bluey character and her younger sister Bingo, Mum Chilli and Dad Bandit as they just live their lives, having fun and making the most out of everything.
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